Etymologies

Latin, from past participle of cōnspicere, to observe; see conspicuous.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

From Latin cōnspectus ("survey") (Wiktionary)

Examples

There is no place in this conspectus for the person as such, for those who live as individuals humble to God, haughty to man 'scorning the bounds of a predetermined estate, vindicating the glory of person as person.

Michael C. Witte Jim Holt, who takes in so much about the history and philosophy of joke-telling in his concise and amiable conspectus of the subject, "Stop Me If You've Heard This," does not mention the effect of the Internet on joke-telling, but that's about his only omission.

To make matters worse, he's come up with a blindingly obvious and brilliant wheeze for both generating lots of interesting copy and also providing what amounts to a grand conspectus of the entire open source business scene: an emailed survey of top CEOs there.

English Slang in the Nineteenth Century "aims to provide a conspectus, if not comprehensive then at least covering a wide range, of nineteenth-century English slang"; as aldi says: "It includes general works such as Hotten's The Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words by a London Antiquary, 1859, as well as more specialized books."

The second was that, even if it was assumed in his favour that the full conspectus of relevant material had been placed before the court, it fell short of establishing the case sought to be made out by the court below.

In order to complete the translation, they settle on an interpretation that fits their view of the meaning, but in so doing, they create a conspectus that may or may not be the meaning of the prophecy. '